Cane creek EC44/40. Needs the bore to be 1 1/8 and will work to go with a 1 5 tapered steerer

That's incorrect, I'm afraid. The two letters are the cup type (in this case external), the first two numbers the headtube internal diameter and the last two numbers the steerer external diameter - see here.

For a 1⅛" HT to take a 1.5" steerer, you'd need an EC34/40 cup, which isn't going to work.